Students in Delta State owned Polytechnic and College of education have kicked against reported increment of tuition fees by the State Government.
The students, led by the President of National Association of Polytechnic Students, Comrade Jeremaiah Friday Ohomah, noted that, “no student will be able to pay the fees except Delta State returns to the status-quo.”
While noting that education was not a privilege but a right, Ohomah, who expressed dismay over the development, stated that parents cannot afford to pay the new fees considering the hash economic recession, as well as hyper inflation in the prices of commodities in the country.
Also speaking, the former NAPS Senate member, Comrade Okosun Williams said “the increment was done to only Delta state Higher Institutions; no other state in Nigeria increased theirs.”
According to him,”Polytechnics who were paying N20,000 for OND before now are now to pay N32,000 and, HND for non -indigenes who are paying N53,000 has been increased to N71,000, among others.”
He also appealled to the state government to revert to the former school fees to enable parents send their children to school without stress.
“If the school fees are not reduced, many students cannot continue their education, and many will be forced to take to crimes and other social vices”, he added.
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